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Transit Oriented Districts: A Catalyst for Integrated Communities

Presented by: Kate Smith, AIA, NCARB | SMR Architects, Andrew Grant Houston, AIA, NCARB, CPHD | House Cosmopolitan, Jim Bodoia, AIA, LEED AP | Perkins Eastman, Thatcher Imboden | Sound Transit

AIA/CES (HSW) Learning Units: 1.25 Hours

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Course release date: August 2025

In this course, part of a 5-course series filmed live at AIA Seattle’s 2025 Housing Forum, Design professionals and housing experts discuss how TOD (Transit-Oriented Developments) can foster walkable, mixed-use transit-accessible communities and examine inclusive strategies for ensuring historically marginalized communities can benefit from affordable housing and public realm improvements near transit hubs.

Panelists discuss cities with joyful, walkable, kid- and elder-friendly neighborhoods designed around major transit hubs throughout the world. Presenters also evaluate how Seattle’s Sound Transit strategies for leveraging surplus land and real estate assets support equitable TOD, including the implementation of the 80-80-80 policy for affordable housing.

This course is moderated by Kate Smith, AIA, NCARB | SMR Architects with presentations by Andrew Grant Houston, AIA, NCARB, CPHD | House Cosmopolitan, Jim Bodoia, AIA, LEED AP | Perkins Eastman, and Thatcher Imboden | Sound Transit.


Course Prices: $35 AIA members, $50 non-members (or purchase the 5-part series and save more than 20%

(This continuing education course is licensed for viewing to a single individual. For discounted group viewing rates, please email Melissa@aecKnowledge.com or call 415.755.3058.)

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This course is part of a special package consisting of the following courses:

6.5 AIA/LU's (HSW units). SAVE OVER 25% by purchasing the 5-part series. ($130 AIA members, $195* non-members)

The housing landscape is constantly evolving—driven by new policies, shifting urban needs, and the complexities of implementation—especially following recent legislative updates and the proposed One Seattle Plan.

Transformative Housing: From Policy to Practice examines housing opportunities for creating a future of abundant, high-quality, diverse, and sustainable housing options in Seattle and beyond. Through deep dives into missing middle housing, homeownership, transit-oriented development, and social housing, this year’s forum takes a critical yet hopeful look at what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next for housing policy and design.

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